PROGRESS! Of sorts -----
Went for a short local drive and pretty soon (without me touching the stick) the red background on the D went out.
Played around a bit and Sport mode seemed to work as did the Tiptronic, so it was driving reasonably normally, though even in Tip mode there was no highlighting of the selected gear!
I think it was then sort of "stuck" in Sport mode, but not 100% sure, so drove home and parked the car and turned ignition off while in D.
Connected up VCDS, ignition on and had a peek - F125 code was 1111! (Plus of course codes stored about implausible signals)
Moved the shifter around and all other positions were normal (including P at 1000).
I note my earlier comment that "There can also, looking at the tracks, theoretically be a 1111 code between D and S" so I'm wondering what's going on inside. 
I did then manoeuvre into my normal parking place which involves a fair bit of shuffling back and forth, during that it all went back to normal!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 9th March 2025 at 10:11 AM.
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